In re Castner’s Empirical Analysis
518 F.2d 1234 · 1975
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 141 · 35 U.S.C. § 142
Relies on Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board · In re Wiechert · In re Wagenhorst · In re Gruschwitz · In re Boyce
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Looking upon the reasons of appeal as in essence a pleading, they should be considered sufficient if they get the parties and the issues and a sufficient record into court in such fashion that the court can deal with the issues. The business of modern courts is to decide issues and settle disputes and not to make life unnecessarily difficult for litigants with no gain to itself.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. In re Gaubert
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.